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Riley Morrissey

Alton Glass

Dela Wilson, JD, MPA

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Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD

  • Writer-Director + Executive Producer

    Dela Wilson is a visionary strategist, award-winning social entrepreneur, and founder of Axle Impact Studio, where she leads a design and strategy studio at the intersection of culture, creativity, and justice. Her work fuses futurism with ancestral wisdom to drive narrative change, organizational strategy, and cultural preservation across the global majority. A Senior Fellow of Atlantic Philanthropies, an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity and former Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence at USC’s Marshall School of Business, Dela is also an alumna of Spelman College, Georgetown Law, and the Harvard Kennedy School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy.

  • VR Producer

    Alton Glass is a creative entrepreneur and immersive storyteller, recognized for his work in virtual reality and emerging technologies. He is the CEO of GRX Immersive Labs, a studio focused on developing innovative storytelling experiences using technologies like VR and AR. Glass is also known for his work on projects like "The March" for TIME magazine and "POV: Points of View". He is a Facebook Oculus Launch Pad and Unreal Engine Virtual Production Fellowship alumni. 

  • Unreal Generalist + Environment Artist

    Riley is a brilliant collaborator, willing to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Specializes in creating visually cohesive, VR-ready environments with a clear understanding of modular asset creation, set dressing, and PBR texturing. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in the games and film entertainment industry.

  • Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and assistant professor of neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Her research applies intersectionality theory to examine how psychosocial stressors, structural racism, and sexism influence Black women’s cognitive aging and risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). She is also focused on improving measurement of adverse social exposures to better understand their role in cognitive aging trajectories among Black older adults. As a scientist and clinician, she is committed to making brain health accessible and serves on the Center’s Black/African American Community Outreach Team. Dr. Hill-Jarrett also incorporates Afrofuturism into her work with Black women and elders, using it as a framework for brain health, social change, and reimagining futures through a lens of hope.

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